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Angoor (1982 film)

Angoor
Poster
Directed byGulzar
Written byGulzar
Based onThe Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare
Produced byJai Singh
StarringSanjeev Kumar
Moushumi Chatterjee
Deepti Naval
Deven Verma
Aruna Irani
CinematographyM. Sampat
Edited byWaman Bhonsle
Gurudutt Shirali
Music byR. D. Burman
Production
company
A. R. Movies
Release date
  • 5 March 1982 (1982-03-05)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Angoor (transl. The Grape) is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language comedy film. Starring Sanjeev Kumar and Deven Verma in double roles, it is directed by Gulzar.[1][2] The film was a remake of the 1963 Bengali-language comedy film Bhranti Bilas, an Uttam Kumar classic[3] that is based on Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's Bengali novel by the same name, which itself is based on Shakespeare's play The Comedy of Errors[4] Do Dooni Chaar 1968 Film also remake from the same Film and was also adapted by Rohit Shetty as Cirkus.[5] All characters are naïve and destiny plays the main role in bringing all characters to one place. Most of the other films are generally based on false characters and deliberately make false statements to fool others.[6]

Plot

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The film is about two pairs of identical twins separated at birth and how their lives go haywire when they meet in adulthood.

Raj Tilak (Utpal Dutt) and his wife (Shammi) are on a trip with their twin sons, both of whom they call Ashok. Since they look the same, they should be called the same, is Mr Tilak's reasoning. As fate would have it, they adopt another set of twins, both of whom they call Bahadur. An unfortunate accident then divides the family, leaving each parent with one child out of each pair of twins.

A few years later, Ashok (Sanjeev Kumar) is married to Sudha (Moushumi Chatterjee) and Bahadur (Deven Verma) is married to Prema (Aruna Irani). They all stay together with Sudha's younger sister Tanu (Deepti Naval). Into their lives enter the other Ashok, a detective novel aficionado, and Bahadur, a bhang (an edible preparation made from the leaves of the cannabis plant) lover. Now there are two Ashoks and two Bahadurs in the same city. This is more than their families, the Jeweller, the Taxi Driver and the Inspector can handle.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Song Singer
"Hothon Pe Beeti Baat" Asha Bhosle
"Roz Roz Daali Daali" Asha Bhosle
"Preetam Aan Milo" Sapan Chakraborty

Awards and nominations

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30th Filmfare Awards:

Won

Nominated

Home media

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The DVD version of the film was released by IndiaWeekly under its own label.[7]

See also

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Notes

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^A Both twins were given the same name at birth.

References

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  1. ^ "Gulzar's 'Angoor': He had 'a metre in mind, the rhythm of a sentence in his brain'". Scroll.in. 13 February 2019. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Tha making of Angoor". The Telegraph, Calcutta. 11 February 2019. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  3. ^ Radhakrishnan, Sruthi (23 April 2018). "400 years later, Shakespeare still remains relevant in Indian cinema". The Hindu.
  4. ^ "'Bhranti Bilash' and 'Comedy of Errors' - when Bengali cinema drew inspiration from William Shakespeare". The Times of India.
  5. ^ Salam, Ziya Us (21 May 2016). "Angoor (1982)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  6. ^ Singh, Harneet (25 March 2011). "Just breathe and reboot". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Angoor DVD". IndiaWeekly. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
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